Legal Terms
This term refers to wrongful acts that do not involve contracts.
What is a tort?
This document that states whether CPR should be performed when a person has no pulse or stops breathing.
What is a DNR order?
Only staff with a need to know should access this type of patient information.
What is confidential patient information?
Restraining or limiting a person's freedom can be considered this violation.
What is invasion of privacy?
One component of a contract besides offer and acceptance
What is consideration?
A legal claim for harm caused by a professional failing to use expected skill or knowledge.
What is malpractice?
The type of consent where the physician explains procedure, risks, benefits, alternatives, and the patient signs.
What is informed consent?
The increasing use of these in healthcare has created confidentiality dilemmas.
What are computerized medical records (electronic health records)?
This issue may take these four forms: physical, verbal, psychological and this.
A false spoken statement that damages a person's reputation is called this
What is slander?
This occurs when someone is unlawfully confined or restrained.
What is false imprisonment?
A patient may do this to consent at any time, even after initially agreeing
What is withdraw consent?
If a health worker sends patient information to an insurer without written permission, it may be this violation.
What is invasion of privacy? or HIPPA
Modern advances in healthcare have created these kinds of dilemmas for providers.
What are ethical dilemmas?
Failure to provide the care normally expected of a reasonably prudent person, resulting in injury, is called this.
What is negligence?
A written false statement that harms a person's reputation is called this
What is libel?
This legal document lets a person state what life-prolonging measures they do or do not want when terminally ill.
What is a living will?
Who owns the medical records?
Who is the paitent?
This is a threat or attempt to injure someone
What is assault?
A written false statement that makes a person look ridiculous or harms reputation is specifically called this.
What is libel?
The collection of procedures, processes and actions a provider may legally perform per their license.
What is scope of practice?
A competent adult who is conscious and needs surgery — you may obtain consent from this patient, True or false?
What is true?
By law, which of these are exempt from privileged communication: surgical history, communicable diseases, births/deaths, gunshot wounds, medications?
What are communicable diseases, births/deaths, and gunshot wounds?
The set of principles about what is morally right or wrong is called this.
What is ethics?
If a worker physically restrains a patient without proper authorization or justification, the patient could charge this.
What is false imprisonment?